An update on the Ukrainian-NATO relations. VICTOR YANUKOVICH AND HIS TEAM DID MUCH MORE THAN THE ORANGE REGIME FOR RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE ALLIANCE

An interview with French Ambassador Jean de Gliniasty. AN INTERVIEW WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR JEAN DE GLINIASTY

Sergei Lavrov and Mikhail Fradkov visited Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. RUSSIA IS TRYING TO BROKER PEACE BETWEEN THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE OPPOSITION

While artillery shots sounded in the Syrian city of Homs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov went to Damascus to try to help stopping of the armed confrontation. RUSSIA TRIES TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA BUT POSITION OF MOSCOW CANNOT BE CALLED STRONG

The statement that protests in Russia are inspired by "certain circles abroad" and leaders of the protesters receive money from the US Department of State and that there is an "orange threat" hanging above Russia is not confirmed by the Federal Security Service yet. IN 2011 THE FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE STOPPED ACTIVITY OF 199 SPIES AND DID NOT FIND CONNECTION OF THE PROTEST MOVEMENT GROWING IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE WEST

Commission of the Public House discussed pressing problems of the military and the course of the military reforms. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PUT THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AND OTHER SECURITY STRUCTURES UNDER PUBLIC CONTROL

The major part of the state defense order was given not to the state enterprise GUOV responsible for housing construction for servicemen but by the intermediaries hired by it. In nine months of 2011, the share of outside organizations in the business of GUOV amounted to 97% or 72.9 billion rubles, whereas three years ago the intermediaries received only 1.2 billion rubles. THE PROGRAM OF HOUSING SUPPLY TO SERVICEMEN FAILS BECAUSE MANY INTERMEDIARIES ARE INVOLVED INTO CONSTRUCTION

Anatoly Kalmykov, head of the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Defense Ministry, has made an announcement that will definitely please the soldiers' fathers and mothers. For the first time the quantity of cold-related diseases in the army started decreasing abruptly. In comparison to the last winter, this figure is 66.66% smaller now. THE MAIN MILITARY MEDICAL DIRECTORATE OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY REPORTED ABOUT SERIOUS DECREASE OF THE QUANTITY OF DISEASES AMONG THE DRAFTEES

Hospitalization of conscripts from a military unit in Uzhursky District of Krasnoyarsk Territory began on Friday, February 3. However, the command tried to hide the information even despite that there were already dozens of ill soldiers. DEFENSE MINISTRY HAS REPORTED ABOUT DECREASE OF DISEASES TOO HASTILY, A CONSCRIPT DIED IN THE STRATEGIC MISSILE FORCES AND 36 ARE IN HOSPITALS

The Black Sea Fleet of Russia ordered six diesel submarines of project 636 Varshavyanka (877 Paltus) developed by St. Petersburg-based central design bureau Rubin in the 1980s to the Admiralty Shipyards. THE BLACK SEA FLEET OF RUSSIA NEEDS ABOUT 12 DIESEL SUBMARINES

Russia denies the Iranians S-300 antiaircraft complexes. IRAN IS READY TO BOOST PROCUREMENT OF MERCHANDISE FROM RUSSIA

The Air Force of Russia will transform long-range bomber Tu-22M3 into a precision-guided weapon. For this purpose its entire electronics system will be changed and it will probably be armed with new cruise missile KH-32. In the new configuration the airplane will receive another letter M and will be called Tu-22M3M. THIRTY TU-22M3 BOMBERS WILL PASS MODERNIZATION OF THE ARMAMENT CONTROL, NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS UNTIL 2020

Interview of General Director of head system design bureau Almaz-Antey Vitaly Neskorodov GENERAL DIRECTOR OF HEAD SYSTEM DESIGN BUREAU ALMAZ-ANTEY VITALY NESKORODOV SPEAKS ABOUT THE REASONS IN DELAY OF DEVELOPMENT OF AIR DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM S-500

The Armed Forces learn to disarm old ammunition with assistance of a special device without its destruction. A NEW METHODS FOR SCRAPPING OF AMMUNITION IS BEING MASTERED AT MILITARY TRAINING RANGES

Purchase of the new device for liquidation of ammunition tripped on absence of money. The Defense Ministry decided to acquire Destructor R-40 breaking the projectiles without detonation for ferrous metal scrap remaining after scrapping. However, the Urals pyrotechnical plant making the device disagreed to work on such terms. THE URALS PYROTECHNICAL PLANT, MANUFACTURER OF DESTRUCTOR, REFUSED TO WORK WITH THE DEFENSE MINISTRY ON BARTER TERMS

The Federal Space Agency is going to create independent certification to ensure quality of spacecraft. THE FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY PROPOSES TAKING OF TEST BEDS FROM PLANTS OF THE SPACE INDUSTRY TO CREATE INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION

Head of the department of the Federal Security Service for Moscow and Moscow Region Andrei Leletko was charged of organization of the murder of well-known aviation designer and businessman Idris Faizullin from Zhukovsky in Moscow Region. Faizullin was accused in the framework of a criminal case about a fraud. He earned a part of this wealth doing fictitious work related to investigation into the reasons of crashes of fighters. AN OFFICER OF THE FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE KILLED DESIGNER OF ENGINES FOR SU FIGHTERS